Swing



(No Model.)

J. J. BRYDSON & J. A. GREATHOUSE.

SWING.

Patented Aug. 1

JOHN J. BRYDSON AND JOHN A. GREATHOUSE, OF TEMPLE, TEXAS.

SWING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,610, dated August1, 1893.

Application filed November 30, 1892. Serial No. 53,640. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN J. BRYDsoN and JOHN A. GREATHOUSE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Temple, in the county of Bell and Stateof Texas, have invented a new and useful Swing, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in swings.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of swings and to provide an inexpensive one which may bereadily operated by the feet of the person using it.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of a swing constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical l0n gitudinalsectional view.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in both figures of thedrawings.

1 designates a triangular supporting frame provided near its apex withfront and rear supporting bars 2 and 3 from which are suspended a seat 4and a propelling frame 5.

The seat which may be of any desired construction is composed ofsegmental sides 6 and connecting slats 7 and it is suspend ed from thefront cross-bar 2 by pendulum bars 8 which have their lower ends securedto the sides of the seat and their upper ends hinged to the horizontallydisposed cross-bar 2. The propelling frame is composed of a foot rest 9arranged below the seat, and similar side bars 10 having their lowerends connected by the foot rest and extending upward from the foot restand crossing the pendulum bars 8 and extending rearward and having theirupper ends hinged to the rear cross-bar 3. The propelling frame 5 isindependent of the seat and is arranged in ways thereof formed byprojections 11, which are arranged in advance of the front slat of theseat; and the side bars 10 are arranged adjacent to the inner faces ofthe segmental sides 6 between the front slat and the projections 11. Theways thus formed .cause the propelling frame to slide longitudinally onthe seat without swinging outward away from the seat. The pendulum barsand the side bars 10 are preferably connected and embraced at theirupper ends by cross-bars 12 and 13.

In the accompanying drawings a triangular supporting frame is shown butthe swing may be suspended from any other suitable support or may beused in a room and suspended from the ceiling; and we desire it to beunderstood that changes in the form, proportion and minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What we claim is- 1. The combination with a support, of a seat providedwith ways, pendulum bars hinged at their upper ends to the support andhaving their lower ends secured to the seat, a foot rest, independent ofthe seat side bars arranged in said ways and having their lower endssecured to the foot rest and extending upwardlyand rearwardly therefromand crossing the pendulum bars and having their upper ends hinged to thesupport in rear of the upper ends of the pendulum bars, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with a support, of a seatcomposed of segmental sidepieces and connecting slats and provided on the inner faces of the sidepieces in advance of the slats with projections forming with theadjacent slat ways, pendulum bars having their lower ends secured to theseat and their upper ends hinged to the support, a foot rest independentof the seat and arranged in advance of the same and side bars secured attheir lower ends to the foot rest and arranged in said Ways andextending rearward and crossing the pendulum bars and having their upperends hinged to the support, substantially as described.

3. The support or framework, combined with the seat, pendulum barsrigidly attached to the seat and hinged at their upper ends to thesupport or framework, the bars 10 also hinged to the framework in rearof the point our own We have hereto affixed our signatures of attachmentof the pendulum bars, crossing in the presence of two wltnesses.

the latter at an intermediate point and hav- J. l BRYDSON.

ing their lower ends connected by a foot bar 9 independent of andarranged below the seat GREATHOUSE' and moving between the side barsthereof, as Witnesses: set forth. SOLOMON GLUOK,

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as A. W. LONG.

